Philip Sidney
4 booksPhilip Sidney was an English courtier, poet, soldier and diplomat of the Elizabethan age. His literary works and death from wounds at Zutphen made him an […]
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Pontius Pilatus
4 booksPontius Pilatus was the Roman prefect of Judaea who authorised the crucifixion of Jesus. His administration belongs to a period of tension between imperial government, local […]
Publius Clodius Pulcher
4 booksPublius Clodius Pulcher was a Roman politician of the late Republic, famous for populist politics, street violence and hostility to Cicero. His career shows the breakdown […]
Raynald of Châtillon
4 booksRaynald of Châtillon was a crusader nobleman who became prince of Antioch by marriage and later lord of Oultrejordain. Captured by Muslim forces, he spent roughly […]
Reinhard Heydrich
4 booksReinhard Heydrich was a senior SS and Nazi security official, head of the Reich Security Main Office and a principal organiser of the Holocaust. His assassination […]
Scipio Africanus
4 booksScipio Africanus was the Roman general who ultimately defeated Hannibal in the Second Punic War. After early Roman disasters, he captured New Carthage, drove Carthaginian forces […]
Sejanus
4 booksSejanus was the powerful commander of the Praetorian Guard under Tiberius. He accumulated influence while the emperor lived on Capri, removed rivals and may have aimed […]
Senusret III
4 booksSenusret III was a pharaoh of the Twelfth Dynasty noted for military and administrative consolidation. He campaigned in Nubia, built fortresses along the Nile frontier and […]
Seqenenre Tao
4 booksSeqenenre Tao was a Theban king whose death is associated with the opening struggle against the Hyksos. Injuries on his mummy suggest violent death in battle […]
Shaka
4 booksShaka was king of the Zulu kingdom in the early nineteenth century and a major figure in southern African history. His military and political changes helped […]